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Archives: June 2012

June27th

Seattle Opera announced on Tuesday evening it is anticipating a shortfall for its 2011-2012 season. In response it is retooling for a leaner future.

In the announcement SO said it will reduce its five opera season to a four opera season in 2014. And it will replace “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” with its International Wagner Competition in the summer of 2014. The 2012-2013 season will stay as previously announced.

The 2011-2012 season included 36 performances of five mainstage productions (“Porgy and Bess,” “Carmen,” “Attila,” “Orphée et Eurydice,” and “Madama Butterfly”). SO states that it has operated without a deficit for …

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June25th

The city of Tacoma is touting a new study that says the nonprofit arts and culture industry pumps $64.7 million annually into the Tacoma economy. And it supports 1,735 full-time equivalent jobs. The study also says $6.5 million in local and state government revenues is generated by the same industry.

This comes from the Arts & Economic Prosperity IV national economic impact study. The city says it’s “the most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States.”

The study was conducted by Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization for advancing …

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June23rd

There’s a new all-youth theater company in town and it’s offering free memberships at an open house on June 30.

Tacoma Youth Theatre is having its event from 1 to 4 p.m. at the First Congregational Church School, 918 Division Ave., in Tacoma. Youth and parents can learn about the company’s mission, goals and structure.

Scott Campbell is the managing director and Maggie Knott is the artistic director. Campbell is the former managing artistic director of Tacoma Little Theatre and was at Lakewood Playhouse before that.

Best of all: the chalk is free. Registration takes place on the day of the event from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at two downtown locations: Anthony’s parking lot in the Finholm District and the Pioneer/Harborview intersection near the Fly Shop. The event runs …

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June18th

A free concert of classical and modern works for piano, soprano and flute will be held at the University of Puget Sound on Saturday,

“Life Reflections,” the 4 p.m. concert hosted by the Community Music Department, will be at Schneebeck Concert Hall on campus.

Here’s more from the announcement:

The afternoon performance will feature Puget Sound faculty member and alumnus Timothy Strong ’69 on piano and guest artists Karen Oleson, soprano, and Pamela Ryker, flute. Strong describes the program as an eclectic mix of music dealing with “life reflections,” both serious and humorous.